TC-Messrs A & CB [ABCB], 7 June. MS: NLS 3823.40. Hitherto unpbd. Adam Black (1784–1874; ODNB) had founded a publishing and bookselling business in Edinburgh, 1808; brother-in-law of William Tait (1793–1864; ODNB) and M.P. for Edinburgh, 1856–65; later joined by his nephew Charles.